Enemy Love

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2007

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The most troubling and challenging of Jesus' teaching is the command to love our enemies. In this homily, I explore four good reasons why it is so important to engage in this most difficult act of love.

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0:00.0	Word on fire is brought to you by Catholic cemeteries, serving the Chicago area since 1837.
0:06.8	This is Cardinal Francis George, and I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to
0:11.0	reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on fire.
0:17.6	Father Barron will challenge us to open our hearts to the Word on fire, which is God's
0:21.9	Word of Love for each of us.
0:24.2	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us, so that we might speak with
0:29.2	love about the One who is love.
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0:37.4	the Word on fire.
0:40.4	Peace be with you.
0:42.4	Friends, the Gospel for today is taken from Jesus' sermon on the plane in the Gospel of Luke.
0:49.0	It's Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount, which you can find in Matthew, but this
0:52.6	one he's standing on a plane as he lays out for his disciples his great teaching.
0:58.9	It's one of the most sacred, inspiring, and annoying and puzzling texts in the New Testament,
1:08.9	because it speaks of loving our enemies.
1:14.2	That's just tolerating them, not just vaguely accepting them, but loving them.
1:23.0	Holding your mind for a second, a great global enemy.
1:27.3	Maybe the September 11th hijackers or Saddam Hussein or Hitler.
1:32.9	But then make it a bit more personal.
1:36.5	Maybe someone in your life that you just don't like.
1:40.7	Somebody that annoys you no end.
1:43.3	Someone whom you would harm if you could.
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